Education Through Cultural Astronomy
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- UNAWE is a program for young, underprivileged children that aims to use astronomy as a tool to inspire interest in science and a sense of global citizenship. This is achieved through teacher training and the development of educational resources. UNAWE is an expanding program that has offices all over the world. (Levin, et al 2008) Introduce science and technology Global citizenship and tolerance Universe in a Box was designed as an inexpensive resource that provides astronomy lessons for children ages 4 to 10. Universe in a Box is meant as a supplement to the elementary school curriculum or can be used by other entities to stimulate inquiry-based and interdisciplinary learning and raise children’s awareness for different cultures and planet Earth Interactive educational kit for children ages 4 - 10 5 modules: the Moon, the Earth,Our Sun, Our Solar System, andConstellations New module: Cultural Astronomy http://www.unawe.org/static/archives/images/screen/Universe_In_A_Box_contents.jpg Universe in a Box has five modules: the Moon, the Earth, Our Sun, Our Solar System, and Constellations and during my internship I developed and tested a new one, namely Cultural Astronomy. This module is currently being peer reviewed through AstroEDU
- The new module I developed for UniBox is about cultural astronomy. What is cultural astronomy?***Why cultural astronomy? Often, the public is exposed to their culture’s myths and legends regarding the universe rather than to the explanations provided by modern scientific astronomy. This so-called cultural astronomy can be used as a stepping-stone to the understanding of modern astronomy education (Govender 2009). In addition, cultural astronomy can instill pride for one’s own culture and appreciation for other cultures. For these reasons, it is beneficial to create educational material on cultural astronomy. During my internship with UNAWE I will be developing a lesson unit about cultural astronomy from Southern Africa for the educational resource Universe in a Box.The activities for universe in a box were designed according to the guidelines for educatonal resources of both UNAWE and AstroEDU, an open-access platform for peer-reviewed astronomy education activities. Specifically, AstroEDU encourages educators to prepare their activities to incorporate enquiry-based learning approaches. Enquiry-based learning describes an approach to learning that is based on the "investigation" of questions, scenarios or problems - often assisted by a teacher or educator. It can be thought of as “learning which is aimed squarely at a particular set of student skills”.
- [Insert WORLD MAP with balloon photos] Australian Aboriginal culture Arab history/navigational instruments (South) African myths Latin American stories Asian traditions Meteorite legends from around the world
- To ensure the quality of the module, it is important that it is evaluated with the intended target group. For this evaluation, UNAWE provides a Program Evaluation Guide, a framework for evaluation of all UNAWE programs. Framework from UNAWE Programme Evaluation Guide This research will be conducted to assess the newly developed educational module according to the requirements described in the EU-UNAWE Program Evaluation Guide. The research question is: Can cultural astronomy be used to teach children between ages 4 and 10 about the universe? Data acquisition at workshops- Making star hats - Story timeTo ensure the quality of the module, it is important that it is evaluated with the intended target group. For this evaluation, UNAWE provides a Program Evaluation Guide, a framework for evaluation of all UNAWE programs. This research will be conducted to assess the newly developed educational module according to the requirements described in the EU-UNAWE Program Evaluation Guide. The research question is: Can cultural astronomy be used to teach children between ages 4 and 10 about the universe? Data acquisition at workshops- Making star hats - Story time - Space Rocks - Space Rocks
- SciFest africa is the largest science festival in africa and was the first time I tested my activities with children Additionally, I gave workshops on site at the SAAO and at a school in one of Cape Town’s townships, Khayelitsha de achtergrond van de kinderen en de situatie tijdens Scifest (veel kinderen tegelijkertijd, verschillende leeftijden door elkaar)
- In the first part of the workshop, one observed student 18 discussed the shape of stars with his sibling, reminding him to also draw circular stars, “because stars are not pointy, remember?”. Ik zou ook in je praatje zelf iets meer inzicht geven in wat voor soort observaties je hebt gedaan en wat voor soort vragen er op de vragenlijst stonden. Een paar voorbeeldjes.
- - Je kunt eventueel om je resultaten op te leuken wat voorbeelden/quotes geven van observaties en antwoorden. Bv. wat waren dan die astronomy related questions, of wat voor soort positive feedback kreeg je? (Kan in je praatje, of in tekstballonnetjes ofzo in je slides).
- Discuss with Pedro & Thilina which example
- were motivated to participate in astronomy lessons when the topic was introduced through cultural astronomy displayed cognitive learning through the cultural astronomy educational resources showed awareness of other cultures after participating in workshops about cultural astronomyActivities will soon be available on AstroEDU.org